Buzz Break: 2020-21 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League

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The box: 2020-21 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League soccer cards (blaster)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of images.

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one three-card Pink X-Fractor pack)
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 31
Base set completion: 
22 of 100 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Kevin de Bruyne, Emil Forsberg, Vinicius Junior, Andre Onana, Chris Richards, Achraf Hakimi, Virgil van Dijk, Serge Gnabry

Rookie Cards – Youssoufa Moukoko, Brandon Soppy, Dodo, Neco Williams, Edouard Mendy, Sergio Camello, Karim Adeyemi, Ryan Gravenberch, Reinier Jesus, Brandon Williams, Alejandro Marques, Jean-Claude Ntenda

Insert cards: 9 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Refractors (2) – Cristiano Ronaldo, Manolo Portanova
Pink X-Fractors (3) – Odilon Kossounou, Federico Valverde, Billy Gilmour
Future Stars (1) – Christian Pulisic
Golazo (1) – Lionel Messi
Joga Bonito (2) – Kevin De Bruyne
Aqua Wave Refractors (1) – Robert Lewandowski (/199)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: Even if you're a soccer newb (or less than that) like me, this box delivered well with just a few names with some cards that will pay for the box for sure if you found it at suggested retail price like I did. Appearances from Lionel Messi (twice), Cristiano Ronaldo, Youssoufa Moukoko and Christian Pulisic lead the way here in what would have been an A+ box had the rarest card (a one-in-47 Aqua Wave Refractor) hadn't been mangled at some point in packaging -- it has a top left crease that looks like it was chewed on, a bottom left edge that has the other end of it and a back showing all kinds of indentations from a battle with machinery. All in all, though, that didn't bug me with everything else here. It's not a big set so those stars and rookies should flow often here -- and they will more so in hobby boxes with guaranteed ink -- but this one had all kinds of stars lining up to be found here. A couple of those inserts aren't even supposed to be in a single blaster. These are worth the look for sure if the flippers left them behind -- there are long odds on Supers here and ink is found here, too, a couple times per blaster case.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A (even with the best card dramatically mangled)
Fun Grade: A-

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